There was a moment at St James’ Park against Manchester City this week when Moussa Sissoko threatened to score what would have been one of the best Premier League goals ever in front of the Sky Sports cameras.

It was an instance which demonstrated what the French international can bring to the table for the Magpies, it came when he nicked the ball off Fernando before showing him a clean pair of heels, and then jinking way around one of the best defenders in world football Vincent Kompany before bursting into the box.

Sadly, he couldn’t find the finish to beat Joe Hart - but this was further evidence that Sissoko is coming back into form at a vital time for the Magpies.

He is capable of leaving top-flight defenders trailing in his wake when he wants.

Sissoko has come a long way since he was cheered off the field by his own fans in Steve McClaren’s last game in charge against AFC Bournemouth.

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And looking back on the moment he almost scored a wonder goal against Man City he told the Chronicle: “I was unlucky at the end. I saw Eliaquim Mangala out of the corner of my eye coming at me.

“So I tried to get my shot away. It was on target, but the shot wasn’t too strong.

“It can be like that, sometimes you score, sometimes you miss.

“But the most important thing is the team and in the last two games we have been very good.

“The confidence of the team has been very good.”

And that confidence was summed up when Sissoko set up the equaliser for Vurnon Anita two minutes later.

He said: “I think in the past when we were 1-0 down it seemed difficult to score.

“At the moment we react very well. That’s a positive for us and we have a big possibility in the last four games.

“We need to keep going and believe in ourselves, we need to give everything until the end of the season.”

Sissoko feels that United have a good platform to go to Anfield and get something after holding Man City.

The Frenchman said: “It was a good point because we played against a strong team.

“We wanted to do well after what we did against Swansea, and we showed our character again.

“We fought for 95 minutes and it was tough but a good game for us. A draw was reasonable for both teams.

“We now have a tough game against Liverpool. We will go there and I hope we come back with points.

“Liverpool are on fire at the moment but we’ll go there without pressure. We will see what happens by the end.”

And when asked if the current United team can be the one that finally breaks the Anfield hoodoo after 22 years without a Premier League win, Sissoko said: “Yes everything is possible, we need to believe and give everything.

“A football game can last 95 minutes so we can beat anybody. We go there with confidence and fight. If we do that we can come back with some points.”

Newcastle have already beaten Liverpool once under Jurgen Klopp too.

Were United to take the points on Saturday they’d also net their first double of the season after beating the Reds 2-0 in the game at St James’ Park.

Sissoko said: “The game at home was fantastic, we played very well that day.